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Appeals panel tosses overboard remaining challenges to $76M settlement in cruise line telemarketing class action
A federal appeals panel in Chicago has upheld a federal judge's ruling tying up loose ends holding up a $76 million payout under the largest TCPA class action settlement ever -
Plaintiffs can 'narrow' claims to block Clearview from kicking biometrics class action out of Cook court, judge says
Facial recognition tech company Clearview A.I. had argued the plaintiffs had improperly manipulated the case to keep it in plaintiff-friendly Cook County court system. -
IL Supreme Court: Federal law doesn't block railroad from suing employees it blames for causing train accident
A railroad company can sue employees who it blames for causing railroad accidents, even after those employees first sue the railroad for injuries they suffered in the accident the railroad says they caused, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. -
Cook County OK to restrict campaign cash from lawyers, others seeking 'official action,' appeals court says
A state appellate court has again ruled Cook County has the power to make ethics rules that apply to county officers, including the Cook County Assessor, this time finding the County Board did not overstep in prohibiting real estate lawyers and otheers from contributing to the campaign coffers of county officials when they are seeking “official action” from the county. -
Lawyers: Defendants trying to undermine $56M-75M cruise line telemarketing calls settlement
Attorneys who bagged millions of dollars in fees from a $56-$75 million class action settlement in Chicago federal court against a cruise line and others accused of making illegal telemarketing calls, are alleging the defendants are trying now to sabotage the settlement by using bogus grounds to challenge 45,000 of 58,000 claims submitted. -
Cook County Assessor sues board of ethics over campaign contribution fines
While his days in office are numbered after losing in the Democratic primary election in March, Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios is suing the Cook County Board of Ethics and board members Peggy Daley, David Grossman, Thomas Szromba, Juliet Sorensen and Von Matthews for allegedly fining him for certain contributions that were made to his unsuccessful re-election campaign. -
Judge cans fraud class action vs PetSmart, Hill's Pet Nutrition over prescription cat food prices
A Chicago federal judge has canned a class action consumer fraud lawsuit against PetSmart and Hill's Pet Nutrition, claiming the retailer and pet food maker unfairly marked up prescription cat food. -
Judge OKs at least $15M for plaintiff lawyers under Caribbean cruise telemarketing class action deal
A Chicago federal judge has signed off on an award of more than $15 million – and potentially, as much as $18.9 million – in attorney fees for lawyers who secured a $76 million settlement from a cruise line and other associated companies accused of using nonprofit surveys to mask illegal telemarketing calls. -
Defendants say attorney fees are ‘excessive’ in potential $76M deal in cruise line robocall class action
A Chicago federal judge has green-lighted a potential $76 million settlement in a million-member class action suit, which alleged a cruise line and other companies masked telemarketing calls as nonprofit surveys. The judge, however, held off for now approving what could be as much as $24.5 million in fees for plaintiffs’ attorneys – fees defendants are alleging are “excessive” and “unreasonable.” -
Cruise line, others agree to pay up to $76M to end lawsuit over telemarketing cloaked as surveys
A cruise line and other companies accused of allegedly cloaking telemarketing calls as nonprofit surveys have agreed to settle a federal class action lawsuit against them, agreeing to pay potentially as much as $76 million – including potentially as much as $24 million to plaintiffs’attorneys - to end the litigation before it went to trial. -
Judge sinks bid by cruise line to use Spokeo to thwart class action over telemarketing disguised as surveys
A cruise line and other companies being sued for allegedly cloaking telemarketing calls under the guise of nonprofit surveys lost an attempt to use the recent U.S. Supreme Court Spokeo ruling to defeat a class action against them. -
Cruise line, timeshare seller who tacked pitches to phone surveys likely broke law, judge says
A federal judge has ruled a group of companies that used promises of free cruises to entice people to take telephone political surveys appeared to have broken federal law, clearing the way for a class action to continue against a cruise line and seller of vacation timeshares. -
McCormick Foundation OK to sue over insurance advice blamed for hefty legal bills after Tribune bankruptcy
A state appeals panel has ruled two former major shareholders in the Tribune Company, who are in litigation with creditors, can continue to press their malpractice suit against a prominent Chicago insurance broker for allegedly giving bum advice to change insurance companies, which put the ex-shareholders on the hook for legal costs instead of their insurer.